Beauty all around us in the Soller Valley By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 13th June 2017 Photographs by Rachel Fox The new moon has been spectacular these past few nights. The vision of the moon reaching the top of the ridge of the mountains and then climbing higher to…
You know you’ve lived in Mallorca too long when you understand the importance of LACCAO in the National diet. Hot Laccao for breakfast, cold Laccao with ice when it gets hotter, Laccao mixed with brandy for certain occasions and many more manifestations. The factory making it is just off the airport ring road and the…
Written by Shirley Roberts I feel I am a lone voice for the Northern Irish Tourist Board. I have recently returned from an August week’s adventure there, in which I was one of very few visitors. How was it possible to drive the Ards Peninsular, alongside vast empty beaches and seal colonies and be the…
My Humans of Mallorca this week has a family tale to tell. Mum, Lisa and Dad, Terry met in exotic places after trawling the world as Engineers. Lisa was from England and Terry from Australia but their love story began in Sri lanka. Their engineering careers which set them on worldwide adventures meant that Macclesfield…
The moon shines bright on Soller tonightPublished in the Majorca Daily BulletinTuesday 9th September 2014Photograph by RACHEL FOXThis has been the summer of the brightest moons in memory. We have another tonight and it will fill the Hidden Valley in a spectacular way. There is nothing like that moon exploding from behind the mountains and…
The busy January world of Soller Published in the Majorca Daily BulletinTuesday 20th January 2015Photgraphs by Rachel Fox The people of Soller reclaim their City in January. They are glad to share their fiestas with visitors but essentially it is the the locals time to celebrate the fiestas of the Church calendar that have been with…
It’s all about the Prawn in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 24th February 2014 Photographs by Rachel Fox Soller Prawns are up there with the best in gastronomic terms. They are pinker than the average prawn and almost red in colour and its all thanks to the sea bed around the Port…
The cultural heart of Soller beats loud, consistently and strong. Music and art have always been synonymous with the Soller Valley and today a new generation are taking it forward. The three ladies it was my pleasure to talk to this week are passionate about music and bringing it to all in the Hidden Valley…
A PLETHORA OF FIESTAS Late August and early September bring the FIESTA season of the HIDDEN VALLEY to a climax. The following dates for your diary should be entered in red. This is the wildest time of the year and the momentum builds until the autumn days begin to arrive and the summer subsides. 15,16…
Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin – Tuesday 18th March 2013 The story broke this week of the new association of the Towns and in Soller’s case City of the Tramuntana. The developing story is to do with the UNESCO bandwagon which is finally getting underway. The Sierra de Tramuntana was awarded the UNESCO prize…
